Emperor Akihito & Empress Michiko Current Events Part 2: September 2006- January 2013


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Visiting Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, and Clio Napolitano, wife of the Italian president, meet and chat at the Imperial Palace and then watch Verdi's opera ''Don Carlos'' performed by Italy's La Scala opera house company at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan

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Japanese Emperor Akihito declares the opening of the new session at the national Diet in Tokyo on September 18, 2009. Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on September 18 began unwinding policies of the conservatives they ousted -- axing a mega-dam, pledging to reverse some market reforms and probing secret Cold War US defence pacts

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Well, let's hope this new Cabinet can bring large prosperity to Japan and open a new era for the country, as its leaders have assured it will...
 
Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) talk with handicapped people during their visit to a jobs facility for them in Niigata on Sept. 25, 2009. The imperial couple are visiting Niigata to attend the opening ceremony of the national athletic meet.

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Thanks for an update on Empress Michiko's activities! Playing tennis herself, Empress Michiko enjoyed undertaking this engagement.
 
Really? I had no idea the Empress played tennis. That's interesting. Does she still play?
 
She still does (and so does the Emperor and their children), although she injured her knee recently. In fact, rchat, she met the Emperor at a double tennis match in a summer vacation, and her team won... later on, they began dating and the rest is history!
 
Couple of articles about the visit of the Austrian president:

Official announcement from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 25 August:

MOFA: Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria and Mrs. Margit Fischer

Article in the Austrian Times:

Fischer begins Japan visit – General News – Austrian Times

According to the above, the visit coincides with the Year of Japan in Austria:

"The president’s office added that the visit would be the high point of the Year of Japan in Austria commemorating the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 140 years ago.

Fischer and his delegation will be received by Emperor Akihito tomorrow."
 
Couple of articles about the visit of the Austrian president:

Official announcement from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dated 25 August:

MOFA: Visit to Japan of His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria and Mrs. Margit Fischer

Article in the Austrian Times:

Fischer begins Japan visit – General News – Austrian Times

According to the above, the visit coincides with the Year of Japan in Austria:

"The president’s office added that the visit would be the high point of the Year of Japan in Austria commemorating the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 140 years ago.

Fischer and his delegation will be received by Emperor Akihito tomorrow."
 
Austrian President Heinz Fischer and First Lady Margit Fischer are welcomed by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Fischer is in Tokyo on a four day official visit.

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thanks a lot for posting news on the Imperial Couple and their official engagemente with foreign Heads of State!
 
Marquesa d Yolombó said:
She still does (and so does the Emperor and their children), although she injured her knee recently. In fact, rchat, she met the Emperor at a double tennis match in a summer vacation, and her team won... later on, they began dating and the rest is history!
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Thanks for answering Marquesa. I didn't realize that's how they met. That's sweet. It's great that they stay physically active, and probably why they continue to stay slim. ;)
 
Emperor Akihito views a Coelacanth at a laboratory at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Yokohama on Oct. 5, 2009, prior to its dissection. The emperor is a member of the Ichthyological Society of Japan and is known for his study of goby.

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Thanks for those photos! I agree the pictures of them both at the piano is beautiful. You can see they are still very much in love.
 
Thanks a lot for posting. Her Majesty seems to be very interested in matters such as economy and, further than that, in the human beings whose lives have been affectad by the crisis...
 
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